| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Quest | $8,891,000 | $7,029,120 | 79.1% | $1,861,880 | 20.9% | 2,092 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | $8,709,871 | $6,769,363 | 77.7% | $1,940,508 | 22.3% | 1,413 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Primal Fear | $6,168,550 | $4,704,262 | 76.3% | $1,464,288 | 23.7% | 1,955 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Mulholland Falls | $5,722,245 | $4,306,221 | 75.2% | $1,416,024 | 24.8% | 1,625 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 5 | Sunset Park | $5,601,132 | $4,705,440 | 84% | $895,692 | 16% | 1,257 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 6 | The Birdcage | $4,403,474 | $3,365,322 | 76.4% | $1,038,152 | 23.6% | 1,958 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | James and the Giant Peach | $4,372,656 | $3,580,612 | 81.9% | $792,044 | 18.1% | 2,033 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Substitute | $3,482,489 | $2,705,358 | 77.7% | $777,131 | 22.3% | 1,762 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Fear | $3,031,560 | $2,349,060 | 77.5% | $682,500 | 22.5% | 1,598 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate | $2,561,270 | $2,029,279 | 79.2% | $531,991 | 20.8% | 1,092 | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 11 | Fargo | $1,268,144 | $955,119 | 75.3% | $313,025 | 24.7% | 541 | 8 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | - | false |
| 12 | Braveheart | $58,224 | $42,111 | 72.3% | $16,113 | 27.7% | 69 | 50 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Cemetery Man | $34,055 | $22,459 | 66% | $11,596 | 34% | 6 | 1 | October Films | - | false |
| 14 | I Shot Andy Warhol | $18,986 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | August | $13,712 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 16 | For the Moment | $5,051 | $3,788 | 75% | $1,263 | 25% | 3 | 2 | John Aaron Productions | - | false |
| - | Anne Frank Remembered | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Denise Calls Up | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Loaded | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Seven | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Mrs. Winterbourne | - | $1,911,066 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | When Night Is Falling | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | October Films | - | false |
| - | Celtic Pride | - | $1,979,136 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Flirting with Disaster | - | $1,015,992 | - | - | - | - | 6 | Miramax | - | false |
